First-Past-the-Post produces distorted election results with more than two parties. We need to modernize our voting system. Either Proportional Representation (true voting) or Ranked Ballot Voting will work. Which do you prefer?

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Right-of-center forever

Thanks to our corrupt voting system,
First-Past-the-Post,
Canadians have been burdened with 30 years of tough Tory times.
If we don’t do something about it, we’ll get saddled with 30 more.

Broken pendulum

In 2006, the pendulum swung from right-of-center to … uh … further right. That meant even bigger spending
cuts and even greater
corporate tax cuts.
(Aren’t you grateful for all the “jobs” these
tax cuts created?)

Hope, Change, More of the same…

Now with a united
Conservative
party, the
Liberals
have to win over moderate conservatives to split the right-wing vote
and prevent another
Con
majority. That means we’re doomed to yet another era of right-of-center government.

WTF?

The ill-effects of our primitive voting system happened.
Absolute corrupt power
ended up in
the hands of a few people who couldn’t care less what Canadians thought or wanted.

This is not the way a democracy is supposed to work.

Voting reform or bust

Electoral reform is the only way to get real democracy.
Proportional Representation
is the ideal reform to get government by Canadians, for Canadians. But unless the
NDP
forms the government in 2015,
it’s not going to happen.

PV ranked ballot,
however, has a
better chance
at success. It, too, will stop the endless parade of right-wing government.
Instead of a minority of cons calling all the shots, the center-left majority
will finally have a say.

About Me

As a non-partisan electoral reformer, I support both of the main democratic voting systems: Proportional Representation (true voting) and Ranked Ballot Voting. Either system will ensure an actual majority is represented in government and the real will of the people is carried out. It's up to Canadians to decide which system is best. Together we can make it happen.